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2014 ANNUAL REVIEW ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER FOUNDATION ARTS • CULTURE • HERITAGE WWW.ANDREWLLOYDWEBBERFOUNDATION.COM 2014 about the andrew lloyd webber foundation “I am lucky enough to have made a successful career doing something that I love and it now gives me great joy that my Foundation is able to support such a wide range of projects that both celebrate and preserve our artistic heritage as well as nurture and encourage the young performers of the future.” - Andrew Lloyd Webber Andrew Lloyd Webber established the Foundation in 1992 to promote the arts, culture and heritage for the public benefit. In 2014, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation awarded 36 new grants, a third more than in 2013, made 15 grants to projects in their subsequent years of funding and provided 30 musical theatre scholarships. Since 2010, the grants totalling over £9m have been made to projects demonstrating their ability to make a real difference to improve the quality of life both for individuals and across local communities. Photo: Stuart Leech 2014 grants awarded “The traineeship has transformed me into a professional, giving me real professional experience that future employers will see as valuable. This job has tied it all together, formalising and developing things I already knew, and unlocking some hidden skills.” - Peter Quinn, the Roundhouse the Roundhouse 2014 grants awarded • £100,000 over 2 years to the to create a pathway from first • £15,000 to Be The Change, Jerwood Charitable Foundation creative encounter through to peer Barbados towards a music in towards their National Development leader and ultimately on to young, primary schools project, providing Programme for Arts Graduates independent artist free instruments and tuition to all students in participating schools • £90,000 over 3 years to Royal • £25,000 to Almeida Theatre, Court Theatre, London towards Islington towards Almeida Projects • £15,000 to Tricycle Theatre their new writers programmes Creative Learning Programme towards the Tricycle Takeover • £64,725 to the BRIT School, • £25,000 to Old Vic Theatre • £15,000 to Shakespeare’s Globe Croydon “The Bridge Company,” to support Old Vic New Voices for a year-long post of Music a company of 14 post sixth form (OVNV) Talent Programme Department Assistant Trainee students, selected and trained to run every aspect of their own • £26,000 to Cathedral and • £12,950 to Royal Court, Liverpool theatre company, receiving master Church Buildings Division towards their Youth Theatre provision classes, workshops and mentoring towards the restoration and • £12,750 to The Berkshire from BRIT School tutors, industry conservation of highly important Maestros towards their Academy professionals and practitioners works of art held by churches across the UK on Sundays • £60,000 over 2 years to the • £11,225 to Irene Taylor Trust Roundhouse to fund 2 trainees on • £25,000 to the Scottish Civic “Music in Prisons” Sounding their Performing Arts Traineeships Trust towards the setup of the Out Project Scheme Scottish Heritage Angel Awards • £10,000 to the Theatre Royal • £66,800 over 2 years to Stage • £20,000 over 2 years to the Plymouth towards an outreach One to fund Theatre Producer Theatre Royal Stratford East youth theatre project, the Young Apprenticeships within the industry towards their Musical Theatre Initiative Company Hubs • £45,000 over 3 years to the • £10,000 to the Society of Everyman & Playhouse, • £25,000 to the Landmark Architectural Historians of GB Liverpool and Merseyside Trust towards the restoration of Pugin’s Grade 1 listed St Edward’s Theatres towards their Young • £6,000 to Kids Company Directors and Young Producers Presbytery in Ramsgate programme • £5,880 to Villiers Park • £25,000 to Pugin’s Church of St. Educational Trust • £30,000 to Caius House, Augustine, Ramsgate towards the Battersea towards salary costs restoration of the church chancel • £5,000 to the Tunnell Trust for of providing a yearlong Mini Music and reinstatement of the Rood Young Musicians Industry project for disadvantaged Screen to Pugin’s original design 11-21 year-olds • £4,000 to Wallasey School in • £21,350 over 2 years to the Wirral • £30,000 over 3 years to the Community First (Youth Action National Youth Theatre of Great Wiltshire) towards a musical • £1,500 to the North East Britain Rep Company providing development programme, involving of Scotland Music School, real professional experience for Wiltshire Young Carers, schools and Aberdeen 15 young actors, who will spend music groups around the county 9 months on an intensive programme • £1,500 to Cupar Youth Musical • £19,200 to Mayor’s Music culminating in a 10 week repertory Theatre, Fife Fund to part fund a Youth Music season in the West End Theatre Orchestra programme and • £1,500 to Amateur Dramatics, • £30,000 over 2 years to workshops in conjunction with the Ecchinswell, Hampshire Manchester Camerata towards Lyric Hammersmith • £1,000 to St. Swithun’s Bramston their creative music programme • £15,385 to Hall for Cornwall, Bursary Fund, Windsor for young people across Greater Truro towards the Youth Theatre Manchester designed and led by and Young Script Writers project • £1,000 to Letchworth Arts Manchester Camerata’s own Youth Centre, Hertfordshire Forum. The programme is designed “We are delighted to have the support LuRoque Photo: Lauren of the ALW Foundation for this work, which I believe shares our objectives of nurturing and promoting the future talent of theatre.” - Rupert Goold, Artistic Director, Almeida Theatre Almeida Theatre Photo: RWD14 “Not only do I feel that I’ve been given an incredibly exclusive training/education opportunity, but I feel that the course is giving me the confidence to pursue professional work in the industry independently in a variety of roles within a theatre company, other than simply being an actor.” - Jack Stimpson, student aged 19 ‘The Bridge Company’, The BRIT School The BRIT School “Our Youth Forum plays an increasingly important role in shaping our youth engagement, and this renewed funding from the ALW Foundation will give us the means to develop a whole range of projects driven by the Youth Forum itself.” - Nick Ponsillo, Head of Learning Participation, Manchester Camerata Manchester Camerata “ We are very grateful for the donation from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and for Lord Lloyd Webber’s personal interest and support for our project. It takes us one step nearer towards the church’s restoration and the setting up of a Centre for Pugin inside the church.” - Fr Marcus Holden, Rector of St Augustine’s church Pugin’s Church of St. Augustine 2014 multi-year grants • 3rd grant of £60,000 to The Royal Ballet School, • 2nd grant of £15,302 to Half Moon Young People’s to fund their Dance Partnership and Access Programmes Theatre in Tower Hamlets to fund their Careers in which identify, inspire and nurture talented young people Theatre programme offered to local state secondary from disadvantaged backgrounds. 7-8 year-olds across school pupils, giving hands-on project management 32 schools in Blackpool, Dagenham, Swindon, Bury style experience in the creation of a professional St Edmunds and Mansfield benefit from workshops theatre performance. and weekly tuition as part of primarySTEPS programme while the aDvANCE programme allows teenagers in • 3rd grant of £15,000 to the Wales Millennium state secondary schools and specialist dance centres Centre’s Creative Apprenticeship Scheme which to participate in workshops and performances with invests in, encourages and develops future generations Royal Ballet School students. of stage technicians, electricians and other behind the scenes roles through hands-on experience in house and • 2nd grant of £36,000 to the Orpheus Centre to fund on tour over the period of a year. bursaries for young people aged 18-25 with learning or physical impairments who have a passion for performing • 3rd grant of £10,000 to Performances Birmingham arts. Students learn song-writing and performing arts run by Town Hall and Symphony Hall, towards their alongside practical skills and gain a confidence for generation project which gives children from Ladywood independent living. primary schools the chance to learn to play a musical instrument alongside professional musicians, learn to sing, • 2nd grant of £27,000 to the Royal Shakespeare perform on stage at Symphony Hall and attend at least two Company Learning and Performance Network concerts each year. partnering primary and secondary schools in deprived areas of the UK with regional theatres and RSC • 3rd grant of £10,000 to The Queen Elizabeth practitioners, giving over 2000 students the opportunity Scholarship Trust (QEST) to support one scholar per to take part in workshops in schools and local theatres, year in an apprenticeship scheme working with master as well as residential courses at the RSC. crafts people to learn important heritage skills such as stonemasonry, conservation in fine and decorative arts • 2nd grant of £18,000 to The Society for the and silver-smithing. Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) to fund two full-time scholarships in each year for young architects, • 2nd grant of £7,000 to Tangled Feet Theatre surveyors and engineers in building conservation, learning Company towards the continuation of their participation specialist repair methods and conservation skills. programme for 16-24 year-olds not in employment, education or training to learn theatre skills over a course • 3rd grant of £16,000 to Sadler’s Wells to support of intensive rehearsals, evening classes and internships. Wild Card, a workshop project to support and develop young, active and dynamic emerging choreographers and • 3rd grant of £3,379 to the Egg at Theatre Royal Bath producers by offering resources, performance opportunities to fund intensive week long Junior Apprentice programmes and mentoring from Sadler’s Wells professionals. to provide carefully structured mentoring and work experience for up to 20 GCSE students per year.